Current-fund expenditures and educational and general expenditures of institutions of higher education, by purpose and per student: Selected years, 1929-30 through 1995-96

Year

Current-fund expenditures, by purpose (in thousands of current dollars)

Educational and general expenditures per student in fall enrollment3

Total

Educational and general expenditures

Auxiliary enterprises

Indepen-dent opera-tions2

Hospitals

Other current expen- ditures

Total

Adminis-tration and general expense

Instruction and depart-mental research

Organized research

Libraries

Plant operation and main-tenance

Organized activities related to instructional departments1

Extension and public service

Scholar-ships and fellowships

Other general expendi-tures

Current dollars

Constant 2006–07 dollars4

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

1929–30

$507,142

$377,903

$42,633

$221,598

$18,007

5

$9,622

$61,061

(6)

$24,982

(6)

—

$3,127

(5)

(7)

$126,112

$343

$4,094

1939–40

674,688

521,990

62,827

280,248

27,266

5

19,487

69,612

$27,225

7

35,325

(6)

—

124,184

(5)

(7)

28,514

349

5,103

1949–50

2,245,661

1,706,444

213,070

780,994

225,341

5

56,147

225,110

119,108

7

86,674

(6)

—

476,401

(5)

(7)

62,816

698

6,016

1959–60

5,601,376

4,685,258

583,224

1,793,320

1,022,353

5

135,384

469,943

294,255

7

205,595

$172,050

$9,134

916,117

(5)

(7)

—

1,287

8,943

1969–70

21,043,113

16,845,212

2,627,993

6,883,844

2,144,076

652,596

1,541,698

648,089

1,362,320

8

984,594

—

2,769,276

$757,388

$671,236

—

2,104

11,372

1974–75

35,057,563

27,547,620

4,495,391

11,797,823

3,132,132

1,001,868

2,786,768

1,253,824

1,097,788

1,449,542

532,485

4,073,590

1,085,590

2,350,763

—

2,694

10,620

1979–80

56,913,588

44,542,843

7,621,143

18,496,717

5,099,151

1,623,811

4,700,070

2,252,577

1,816,521

2,200,468

732,385

6,485,608

1,127,728

4,757,409

—

3,850

10,123

1980–81

64,052,938

50,073,805

8,681,513

20,733,166

5,657,719

1,759,784

5,350,310

2,513,502

2,057,770

2,504,525

815,516

7,288,089

1,257,934

5,433,111

—

4,139

9,755

1981–82

70,339,448

54,848,752

9,648,069

22,962,527

5,929,894

1,922,416

5,979,281

2,734,038

2,203,726

2,684,945

783,854

7,997,632

1,258,777

6,234,287

—

4,433

9,617

1982–83

75,935,749

58,929,218

10,412,233

24,673,293

6,265,280

2,039,671

6,391,596

3,047,220

2,320,478

2,922,897

856,548

8,614,316

1,406,126

6,986,089

—

4,742

9,864

1983–84

81,993,360

63,741,276

11,561,260

26,436,308

6,723,534

2,231,149

6,729,825

3,300,003

2,499,203

3,301,673

958,321

9,250,196

1,622,233

7,379,654

—

5,114

10,256

1984–85

89,951,263

70,061,324

12,765,452

28,777,183

7,551,892

2,361,793

7,345,482

3,712,460

2,861,095

3,670,355

1,015,613

10,012,248

1,867,550

8,010,141

—

5,723

11,046

1985–86

97,535,742

76,127,965

13,913,724

31,032,099

8,437,367

2,551,331

7,605,226

4,116,061

3,119,533

4,160,174

1,192,449

10,528,303

2,187,361

8,692,113

—

6,216

11,661

1986–87

105,763,557

82,955,555

15,060,576

33,711,146

9,352,309

2,441,184

7,819,032

5,134,267

3,448,453

4,776,100

1,212,488

11,037,333

2,597,655

9,173,014

—

6,635

12,176

1987–88

113,786,476

89,157,430

16,171,015

35,833,563

10,350,931

2,836,498

8,230,986

5,305,083

3,786,362

5,325,358

1,317,633

11,399,953

2,822,632

10,406,461

—

6,984

12,307

1988–89

123,867,184

96,803,377

17,309,956

38,812,690

11,432,170

3,009,870

8,739,895

5,894,409

4,227,323

5,918,666

1,458,397

12,280,063

2,958,962

11,824,782

—

7,415

12,490

1989–90

134,655,571

105,585,076

19,062,179

42,145,987

12,505,961

3,254,239

9,458,262

6,183,405

4,689,758

6,655,544

1,629,742

13,203,984

3,187,224

12,679,286

—

7,799

12,538

1990–91

146,087,836

114,139,901

20,751,966

45,496,117

13,444,040

3,343,892

10,062,581

6,706,881

5,076,177

7,551,184

1,707,063

14,272,247

3,349,824

14,325,865

—

8,260

12,591

1991–92

156,189,161

121,567,157

21,984,118

47,997,196

14,261,554

3,595,834

10,346,580

6,981,184

5,489,298

9,060,000

1,851,393

14,966,100

3,551,592

16,104,313

—

8,466

12,505

1992–93

165,241,040

128,977,968

23,414,977

50,340,914

15,291,309

3,684,852

10,783,727

7,388,118

5,935,095

10,148,373

1,990,603

15,561,508

3,651,891

17,049,672

—

8,903

12,751

1993–94

173,350,617

136,024,350

24,489,022

52,775,599

16,117,610

3,908,412

11,368,496

7,769,499

6,242,414

11,238,010

2,115,288

16,429,341

3,387,323

17,509,603

—

9,509

13,276

1994–95

182,968,610

144,158,002

25,904,821

55,719,707

17,109,541

4,165,761

11,745,905

8,112,930

6,691,485

12,285,328

2,422,524

17,204,917

3,534,332

18,071,359

—

10,096

13,703

1995–969

190,476,163

151,445,605

27,886,345

57,810,033

17,517,887

4,293,363

12,330,885

9,003,700

7,007,413

13,195,102

2,400,876

17,599,061

3,490,511

17,940,986

—

10,619

14,031

— Not available. 1 Academic support excluding expenditures for libraries. 2 Generally includes only those expenditures associated with federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). 3 Data for 1929–30 to 1945-46 are based on school-year enrollment. 4 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.5 Expenditures for federally funded research and development centers are included under "Organized research."6 Included under "Other current expenditures."7 Expenditures for hospitals included under "Organized activities related to instructional departments."8 Includes other sponsored programs, which are separately budgeted programs, other than research, which are supported by sponsors outside the institution.9 Data for 1995–96 are for degree-granting institutions. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate's or higher degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
NOTE: Institutions of higher education were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The data in this table reflect limitations of data availability and comparability. Major changes in data collection forms in 1965–66 and 1974–75 cause significant data comparability problems among the three mostly consistent time periods, 1929–30 to 1963–64, 1965-66 to 1973–74, and 1974–75 to 1995–96. The largest problems affect Hospitals, Independent operations, Organized research, Other sponsored programs, Extension and public service, and Scholarships and fellowships. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1929–30 through 1959–60; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Edu­cation," 1969–70 through 1985–86; and 1986–87 through 1995–96 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87–96). (This table was prepared July 2007.)